Egvekinot Urban Settlement. The nearby former selo of Ozyorny has been incorporated into Egvekinot as Ozyorny Microdistrict. Transportation Egvekinot can be reached by flights from Anadyr () which land at the , though the spring meltwaters can cause the runway to become flooded. Infrequent helicopter service to Provideniya by Chukotavia. Egvekinot is linked to the now abandoned settlement of Iultin by the (around ) via Amguema, as well as to the abandoned settlements of Dorozhny, Tranzitny, and Geologichesky. The road crosses the Amguema River. Demographics Culture and sights A monument to the MI-8 helicopter, a common sight in the air over Chukotka, is located in the airport. There is a museum in the settlement which deals mainly with local history, people, and archeology, as well as a cultural center, home to the Zalivskiye Napevy folk chorus, the Sone song group, and Severyanka folk dance ensemble. Egvekinot has one of only two ski slopes in Chukotka; a ski lodge can be found near the Staratelsky Stream. Climate Egvekinot has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) falling just short of a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Temperatures average below freezing from October all the way through to the following May, and can average below from December through to March. The short summer is temperate. The average temperature in January is , and the average temperature in July is . Temperatures over can occur during the brief summer, especially in July. On 10 July, 2019 the temperature reached for the first and only time , with the record high being . See also List of inhabited localities in Iultinsky District References Notes Sources Petit Fute, Chukotka External links Pictures of Egvekinot on Panoramio Egvekinot photo gallery Urban-type settlements in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Populated places established in 1946 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union Road-inaccessible communities of Russia